This is an analysis of To Arms! by Alfred Austin.

World! to arms!
Do you shrink?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdcdefefB Aggggdddda BhihigjgjB Acecejgjga ABkdkdldldba aXmemgggg
  • Stanza lengths: 11,10,10,10,12,9,
  • Metre: 101 111 111010010110 01001001001 10100101100010 11001101011 1010011110010 11001011011 1010010010010 01001011011 111 101 1111011010010 11011101101 011010011010 01011101001 0111110110110 01010111001 011010100010 0101111001 101 111 110110011110 01011011011 1111010110110 110011011001 1010010010010 01001011001 0111010110110 11011101111 111 101 1110010010010 11001011011 010110111110 11001011111 1110010110011 11111001011 0110111101011 11001001001 101 101 111 110111010110 01011101001 1010010010010 01001011101 1111010100010 01111001011 10101000010010 11110001001 101 101 101 0111010010010 01011111001 1111010110010 01011011101 10010111101010 10101001001 1011010110010 11111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 62

Repeated words/phrases

of, you, your, shrink

Epiphora

arms

Anadiplosis

shrink